Leth'ithemba (bring hope) Drop-In Centre pix

Since I am having so much trouble figuring out how to label these photos, I will resort to describing them to you….hopefully you will be able to get a glimpse of the orphans and vulnerable children drop-in centre project for which I have spent the last two years of my life helping to develop and implement.

The first two photos show the June 2007 “Kick-Off Event” held in the Community Hall in the township to introduce our project and mission to the wider community. The head table features the Executive Committee (of which I am Secretary) and other community leaders.

The next two photos show the Youth Leader volunteers which we have come to rely on to implement many activities with the children. They are very entertaining and creative and we all have had a lot of fun with them in the different stages of the project.

I am standing with the two other centre Coordinators, Delisile and Elize (who also happens to be my host family mother whom I live with).

The remainder of the photos show activities we provide the children including homework and remediation of English skills. The last photo is little Thandazo, my of my favorite kids, proudly showing off his new Leth’ithemba jacket.